A number of the biggest UK housebuilders have said they will furlough staff as they fight to stem the damage from the coronavirus pandemic which has shut down much of the industry.

Barratt, Taylor Wimpey, Countryside and Crest Nicholson are all furloughing staff in response to the crisis, following their decisions to shut their construction sites after the imposition of lockdown measures by Boris Johnson on 23 March. 

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